Re: [Gnewsense-dev] freedom verification in metad

From:

Karl Goetz

Subject:

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] freedom verification in metad

Date:

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:50:59 +1030

On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 21:24:19 +0100
Robert Millan <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been told that the blacklist in metad needs updating. Please,
> could someone who's more involved with freedom verirication efforts
> add the missing entries?
Whoever does this just note:
- the blacklist in 2.x isnt 100% applicable to metad, so double check
if you want to use an entry.
-
http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines
may contain useful entries, but again, double check.
> blacklist is now hosted at Bazaar (metad branch) and any project
> member has write access to it.
I assume a valid patch sent to the list is acceptable too? (Thinking
about people who may not want a savannah account).
thanks,
kk
> If you add new entries, please document them with a small note or
> reference URL like with existing ones.
>
> Obviously, if a critical component needs removal (e.g. X11), please
> notify me so I can provide a replacement.
>
> Thanks!
>
--
Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
No, I won't join your social networking group